CHAPTER 5

Summary of Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations

This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations

that evolved as a result of the study that was conducted.

The study “Perceived Level of Competency on Safe and Quality Nursing Care

among 3rd year nursing students of Manila Doctors College” attempted to find the answer

to the following:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 Gender

2. What is the Perceived Level of Competency on Safe and Quality Nursing

Care among 3rd year nursing students of Manila Doctors College in terms of:

2.1 Demonstrating knowledge based on the health / illness status of

individual.

2. 2. Providing sound decision making in the care of individuals

considering their beliefs and values

2. 3. Promoting safety, comfort and privacy of patient

2. 4. Setting priorities in nursing care based on patient’s needs

2. 5. Ensuring continuity of care

2. 6. Administering medications and other health therapeutics

2. 7. Utilizing the nursing process as framework for nursing

Summary of Findings

1.1 Out if 170 respondents, 73.53% consist of female and 26.47% were male

respondents.

1.2 Level of Competency on Safe and Quality Nursing Care as perceived by

the 3rd year nursing students when grouped according to gender shows that the female

respondents got an overall mean of 3.526 which revealed a very high level of

competency. Whereas, the male respondents got an overall mean of 3.380 which shows a

high level of competency.

1.3 Gender has a significant difference in the level of competency of the

respondents with a probability value equal to 0.04 which is less than α = 0.05 level of

significance.

The findings showed that there was a significant difference in the level of

competency when the respondents are grouped according to profile. From the findings it

was revealed that the researchers’ hypothesis is that there is no significant difference

between the perceived level of competency on Safe and Quality Nursing Care among 3rd

year nursing students when grouped according to their profile was rejected.

Conclusions

After a thorough interpretation of analysis of the data gathered, the researchers

were able to come up with the following conclusions below:

 1. Gender presents that female 3rd year nursing respondents are greater than male

respondents. Out of 100% the female got 73.53% of the population.

2. The 3rd year nursing students of Manila Doctors College have a high level of

competency in terms of demonstrating knowledge based on the health/illness

status of an individual, providing sound decision making in the care of individuals

considering their beliefs and values, and in ensuring continuity of care. Whereas,

in terms of promoting safety, comfort, and privacy of patient, setting priorities in

nursing care based on patient’s needs, administering medications and other health

therapeutics, and utilizing the nursing process as framework for nursing, the 3rd

year nursing students have a very high level of competency.

3. This study shows that there is a significant difference between the Perceived

Level of Competency on Safe and Quality Nursing Care among 3rd year nursing

students of Manila Doctors College when grouped according to their profile.

Recommendations

The following are the recommendations formulated after the findings have been

analyzed and concluded:

To the Nursing Administration, they should affiliate the nursing school to a

hospital that will provide high level competencies in terms of safe and quality nursing

care.

To the Clinical Instructors, they should design evaluation tools that will
challenge the competencies, in particular with competency Standars:11 key areas of

responsibility; a focus for each student during return demonstration, to ensure very high

level competencies during clinical training in any affiliated hospital.

To the Nursing Students, may the findings of this study inspire them to do better

in their clinical training to ensure safety caring in all patients.

To the Future Researchers, may these study provide them related information

needed for their topic to be studied, and may they find it of great importance to pursue

further in other aspect in Competency Standard: 11 Key Areas of Responsibility.